Feeding device for rolling-mills.



N0. 844,419. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907 E. B. SLICK. FEEDING DEVICE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1905.

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PATENTED'FEB. 19, 1907.

B. B. SLICK. FEEDING DEVICE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLIGATIOH FILED HOV.29. 1906.

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IN ENTOR WITNESSES PATELITBB FEB. 19, 1907.

B. B. SLICK. FEEDING DEVICE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLIGATIOR FILED NOV. 29. 1905.

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WITNESSES PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

B. B. SLICK. FEEDING DEVICE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLIGATION TILED NOV. 29. 1905.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES SQSAQK EDWIN E. SLICK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEEDING DEVICE FOR ROLLING-MILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed November 29, 1905. Serial No. 289.612.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. SLroK, of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Feeding Device for Rolling-Mills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a lan view of a portion of the rolling-mill em odyin my invention, the rolluides and their ac juncts being removed for t e purpose of better showing the pinchrolls and their operating and lifting mechanism. Fi 2 is a front elevation showing the pinchrol s and their adjuncts in their receiving positions. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the pinch-rolls raised into line with the edging-passes of the rolls; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the pinch-roll mechanism.

The invention has relation to rolling-mills such as are used for reducing ingots, blooms, slabs, &c., to a finished material, which require to be turned from a flat to an edgewise position before being passed through some of the passes in the reducing-rolls; and the invention is designed to provide improved means for turning and transferring such blanks from the position in which they are de livered from the rolls into position to enter a subsequent pass in the rolls and to provide means on the turning mechanism by which the blanks are held in their turned position and are positively fed into the rolls while being held in their turned position.

11 carrying out my invention I obtain the foregoing ob ect by mounting the housings for the pinch-rolls and the guides upon the machine in such a manner that they may move bodily from their horizontal receiving positions to a vertical position wherein the pinch-rolls are in line with one of a series of edging-passes in the reducing-rolls.

My invention also provides means whereby the pinch-rolls are opened or separated to receive the bar or other object at the time it is about to enter the same from the rolls and to subsequently close upon the bar, thereby preventing the end of said bar from flexing or uckling in entering.

In the drawings, 2 represents the reducingrolls, from which the bar passes to the guides 3 and pinch-rolls 4. The pinch-rolls 4 are j ournaled in the usual manner in the housings 5, carried by arms 7, which, together with the arms 7", which support the guides 3, are secured to a rock-shaft 6. The pinch-rolls 4 are driven by motor 8, which drives the shaft 9 through the gearing 8*. The shaft 9 carries a bevel gear-wheel 9, which meshes with a similar wheel 9' on the shaft 6, and which drives a third wheel 9 on the short shaft 9 The rock-shaft 6 is actuated bv means of the hydraulic cylinders 12 through the medium of the connecting rods or links 11, connected to the arm 13 of said shafts.

14 and 15 designate, respectively, the slabbing and edging passes of the reducing-rolls, which are journaled and driven in the usual manner. (Not shown.) The journal 16 of the upper pinch-roll is movable in the guides 17 of the housing 5 and is rovided with the usual housing-springs. T c said journal is connected by links 18 with stop-levers 19, pivoted at 20 and adapted to engage a stop 21.

The operation is as follows: The bar or other piece entering the guides 3 from the reducing-roll pass 14 and passing through the pinch-rolls 4 is liftedinto proper relation to the edging-passes 15 of the rolls by actuatin the rock-shaft 6 to raise the pinch-rolls an the said guide into the vertical position. (Shown in Fig. 3.) It will be seen that the arrangoment of the gearin above described for actuating the pinch-r0 ls will permit this movement of the said rolls and will also permit either movement to be reversed. As the pinch-rolls and guides are lowered to posi tion to receive a new bar the lever 19 engages the stop 21, and thereby raises the upper pinch-roll in the guide 17 sufficiently to spread the two rolls to receive another bar. As the inch-rolls are again lifted to the position s iown in Fig. 3 the upper roll is closed to pinch the bar. In this manner the entry of the bar to these rolls is greatly facilitated and its buckling or flexing is prevented.

It will be apparent that by using and operating the pinch-rolls in the manner above described I am enabled to positively feed fiat blanks forwardly into engagement with the reducing-rolls while they are held on edge.

Variations in the construction and the arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from my invention.

claim 1. In a feeding device for rolling-mills or similar apparatus, reducing-rolls, a positively-driven roller, a carrier on which the roller is mounted and mechanism for moving the carrier in a plane parallel with the plane through the axis of the reducing-rolls into different angular positions"; substantially as tivelyrdriven roller acarrier on which the roller is mounted, mechanism for moving the carrier in a plane parallel with the plane through the axis oi the reducing-rolls into diii'cre nt angular positions and means for positively driving'said roller in atleast one position thereof; substantially as described,

3. In aieeding device for rolling-mills, redueling-rolls, a pair of rollers, a'calrr ier therefor, mechanism for moving the carrier in a plane parallel to the plane through the axis of t he reducing-rolls, into difi'ferent angular positions and connections arranged to drive one of said rollers; substantially as described.

A. In a feeding apparatus for rolling mills, reducing-rolls, a grippingdevice arranged to engage the metal, a carrier for the gripping device, mechanism for moving the carrier in a piane parallel to the plane through the axis of the reducing-rolls into difi 'erent angular positions and mechanism for driving said gripping device and feeding forward the metal Vt hen so gripped; substantially as described.

5. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with the reducing-rolls, of pinch-rolls arranged to be moved from a horizontal position to a vertical position in line with the passes of the said rolls, means for drivingsaid rolls; substantially as described.

6. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with the reducing rolls, of pinch-rolls, guides thereto, and means for elevating said pinch-rolls and guides from a horizontal position to a vertical position in line with the passes of the said reducing-rolls; substantially as described.

7. In afeeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with the reducing-rolls, of pinchrolls and guides, arms supporting said rolls and guides, means for driving said pinchrolls, a rock-shaft carrying said arms, and power means for actuating the said shaft; substantially as described.

8. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with reducing-rolls, of pinchrolls, a rocking carrier for said pinch-rolls, power means ior actuating said carrier. in a plane parallel with the plane through the axes or the reducing-rolls, and gearing for driving said pinch-rolls; substantially an described. a h

9. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with reducing-rolls, of powerdriven pinch-rolls, a movable support for said pinch-rolls and. means for turning said come'to receiving position; substantially as described.

11. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination with reducing-rolls, oi pinchrolls, a movable carrier adapted to turn said pi'nch-rollsfrom a horizontal to a vertical position, and means for moving the upper pinch-roll away from its fellow; substantially as described.

.12. In aieeding device for" rolling-mills, the combination with" reducingrolls, of pinch-rolls, one of which is movable in its housing, a vertically-swinging carrier for the pinch-rolls, and their housings, means for swinging said carrier in a plane parallel with the plane through the axes of the reducingrolls and lever-and-stop mechanism for actuating the movable pinch rolls; substantially as described. V

13. In afeeding device for rolling-mills, the ce nbinadon" with reducing rolls, of pinch-rolls, one of which is movable in its housing, a vertically-swinging carrier forthe pinch-rolls, and their housings, a lever sup ported on the pi'nch-roll housings and connected to the journai-boxes of tne movabl rolls, and fixed stops arranged for engage ment with the said lever; substantially as (as scribed.

1 4. In a feedingdevice for rolling-mills; the combination with reducing-rolls, of a' rock shaft, power 7 cylinders for actuating said shaft, arms secured to said shaft, pinchrolls, and guides therefor, supported and car'- ried by the said arms, and gearing for actuating the pi11chrolls in their different positions; substantially as described. k

15. In a feeding device for rolling-mills, the combination. with reducing rolls, of pinch-rolls, a movable support for said pinchiolls, means for turning said support to'move the pinch-rolls into'and out of a horizontal and vertical position and-means of positively driving said pinch-rolls in all positions; sub stantially as described. k

In testimony whereof I have hereunto's'et my hand.

. EDWIN E. SLICK. Witnesses:

R. D. LITTLE, H. M. comm; 

